But then again, maybe all this posturing is just that -- posturing. And once these mainly Republican Senators and members of Congress realize how many jobs would be lost in their districts and states, they will eventually give the Detroit automakers the financial aid they say they need.

For those who represent areas who might not lose jobs if one of the automakers fail, it will be a battle over which cliche wins them over. Is this bailout "a shot in the arm" or "just kicking the can farther down the road."

Dingell, a month shy of his 53rd year as a member of Congress, could lose control of the powerful committee, which will help shape what the auto industry will look like through all of these economic problems.

All this is not a big surprise though, because we would more likely be consumed with stories about Hell freezing over if a freshman Congressional Democrat from Michigan, did anything other than support Dingell.